Ku Sanku, a Chinese Official and Shaolin practitioner
comes to Okinawa and teaches Karate Sakugawa his system.

1810

Bushi Matsumura begins his training under Karate
Sakugawa.

About 1820

Bushi Matsumura becomes the personal bodyguard to the king of Okinawa, Sho Ko. To mark the occasion, he changes his last name from Kayo to Matsumura, meaning "pine tree village," since the name of the Shaolin art was Weng Chun, meaning "evergreen." Sakugawa got the art from Kusanku and taught it to Bushi.

About 1830

Bushi Matsumura goes to Fukien and studies at Fukien
Shaolin for 26 years and some months.